[aCultureWarrior]

In other news today:

Another brilliant remark by Ron Paul:

"In 140 characters, the newly retired congressman reminds us why he — and maybe his son — won't top the GOP presidential ticket

When news started spreading that Chris Kyle, a former SEAL and author of the best-selling autobiography American Sniper, was shot dead with a friend over the weekend — allegedly at the hands of a PTSD-suffering former Marine he was trying to help by taking him shooting at a hunting range — conservatives were incensed over the callous tweets of "some on the anti-gun Left." And then this happened:

"Chris Kyle's death seems to confirm that "he who lives by the sword dies by the sword." Treating PTSD at a firing range doesn't make sense."
— Ron Paul (@RonPaul) February 4, 2013

And just like that, the three-time Republican presidential candidate's tenuous coalition of pro-gun libertarians, anti–Federal Reserve goldbugs, and foreign policy non-interventionists crumbled. Paul is an opponent of gun control — saying after December's Newtown, Conn., grade school massacre that "more guns equals less crime" and that "private gun ownership prevents many shootings" — but also of U.S. military adventurism. Kyle, also an outspoken gun-rights advocate, earned a reputation in Iraq as one of the deadliest snipers in U.S. military history. With Twitter erupting in outrage over his comment, Paul took to Facebook to explain himself:


As a veteran, I certainly recognize that this weekend's violence and killing of Chris Kyle were a tragic and sad event. My condolences and prayers go out to Mr. Kyle's family. Unconstitutional and unnecessary wars have endless unintended consequences. A policy of non-violence, as Christ preached, would have prevented this and similar tragedies. -REP..."
http://news.yahoo.com/ron-pauls-puzz...072000026.html

Someone should take the soon to be octogenarian's social networking accounts away from him, he's lost all sense of reasoning.

Wait, how can you lose something that you've never had?

[rexlunae]

Originally Posted by WizardofOz

Democrats must have forgotten how they didn't like the taste of yellow cake when Colin Powell cooked some up.

I think there's a certain strain of idealism that's become a bit tarnished over the last few years, since Obama took office and since he's basically had to resort to some of the same moves that Bush did. I'm not crazy about the decision to target these sorts of people, but we're fighting a new kind of war this past decade, and I can see where it may be necessary. Perhaps some of our standards have to change, especially in regions where the government isn't capable of enforcing the laws in their own territory.

[WizardofOz]

Originally Posted by rexlunae

I think there's a certain strain of idealism that's become a bit tarnished over the last few years, since Obama took office and since he's basically had to resort to some of the same moves that Bush did. I'm not crazy about the decision to target these sorts of people, but we're fighting a new kind of war this past decade, and I can see where it may be necessary. Perhaps some of our standards have to change, especially in regions where the government isn't capable of enforcing the laws in their own territory.

But to assassinate American citizens with unmanned drone strikes based on less than positive intelligence or the target having no immediate plan to attack American interests?

If they're an American citizen, detain them and charge them. We have shown that we will enter the sovereign territory of another country to protect our interests with or without permission. I'd be willing to push the line to that point before assassinating American citizens, which seems to me to be pushing the line much further.

I can think of no scenario where an unmanned drone strike on an American with no immediate plan to do harm would be absolutely necessary.

[resurrected]

Originally Posted by WizardofOz

If they're an American citizen, detain them and charge them.

Or try them in absentia before a judge, in accorrdance with their Constitutional rights.


If found guilty, then execute the sentence.

[WizardofOz]

Originally Posted by resurrected

Or try them in absentia before a judge, in accorrdance with their Constitutional rights.

If found guilty, then execute the sentence.

Just more ways Obama is Bush-lite.

U.S. Citizen Among Those Killed In Yemen Predator Missile Strike

Now they've just taken it a step further by saying that they can legally aim at American citizens.

It was unclear whether the CIA operatives who fired the missile from hundreds of miles away knew that an American citizen was among their targets. It also was unclear whether that would have made any difference.

[resurrected]

Originally Posted by resurrected

Or try them in absentia before a judge, in accorrdance with their Constitutional rights.


If found guilty, then execute the sentence.

I see I was unknowingly channelling my inner pirate

[WizardofOz]

Robert Gibbs, President Barack Obama's former press secretary, says that he was once instructed by the White House not to acknowledge the administration's use of drones.

here

"When I went through the process of becoming press secretary, one of the first things they told me was, you're not even to acknowledge the drone program," Gibbs said on MSNBC's "Up With Chris Hayes" on Sunday. "You're not even to discuss that it exists."

[WizardofOz]

Here

Colo. transgender girl can't use girls' bathroom at school; parents file complaint with state

Coy has been diagnosed with Gender Identity Disorder. Biologically, Coy, 6, is a boy, but to his parents, three sisters and brother, family members and the world, Coy is a transgender girl.

[Angel4Truth]

Originally Posted by WizardofOz

Here

Colo. transgender girl can't use girls' bathroom at school; parents file complaint with state

Coy has been diagnosed with Gender Identity Disorder. Biologically, Coy, 6, is a boy, but to his parents, three sisters and brother, family members and the world, Coy is a transgender girl.

Like they cant give him testosterone so he can remain what he was born with...

[WizardofOz]

Originally Posted by Angel4Truth

Like they cant give him testosterone so he can remain what he was born with...

Because he liked pink blankets instead of cars. Because he liked girls clothes and wanted to line up with the girls at school.

It's best to leave permanent, life changing decisions up to 6-year-olds.

[Angel4Truth]

Originally Posted by WizardofOz

Because he liked punk blankets instead of cars. Because he liked girls clothes and wanted to line up with the girls at school.

It's best to leave permanent, life changing decisions up to 6-year-olds.

And this obvious girl of mine



Pretended one day she was a boy and one day a girl till she was about 8 or 9 years old (of course at times she wanted to identify with her older brother), and we would just ask her what she was that day - and shes now one of the most feminine chicks youll ever meet and won loads of pageants in middle and high school. Her nick name is anna nicole even...

A 6 year old boy isnt gay just because he likes all kinds of toys not just boy ones. But it sounds like his parents are trying to make him that way... how sad.

[WizardofOz]

bombshell in Trayvon Martin murder case?